Welcome to Year 5
Welcome to our Year 5 Information Page. On this page you will find our Y5 Long term plan, our latest termly class newsletter, details of our homework project for this half term and any other relevant information.
Long Term Plan
Below is the plan showing the topics taught through the year. Please see the curriculum subject pages for more information regarding the topics.
Y5-LTP-2025-26Termly Class Newsletter
Below is the relevant information that you will need for this term. If you have any further questions please see the class teacher.
Year-5-Autumn-Parent-Partnership-Letter-2025Termly Homework Project
Alongside weekly class homework, a termly homework project will be set to support classroom learning. Below is this half terms project.
Year-5-Autumn-Homework-Earth-and-SpacePhonics and Reading
Systematic synthetic daily phonics is taught following the Read Write Inc Programme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1, beginning in the summer term of Pre-school. Pupils are grouped according to ability across the year groups. Progress is tracked throughout the year by the early reading and phonics lead and groupings are adjusted accordingly. Pupils in Year 1 have a National Phonics Screening Test in June. Pupils who do not achieve the expected standard re-sit the test the following year when they are in Y2. Fast track tutoring will be used as an intervention when required to support early reading and writing.
When pupils complete the Read Write Inc phonics programme they begin ‘No-nonsense spelling’. This programme is taught throughout Key Stage 2.
Reading
We use the Read Write Inc reading scheme throughout Early Years and Key Stage 1 where books are fully decodable and correlate with where the child is up to in the scheme. Children are also sent home two books which are matched to their reading level from RWI and a book to read for pleasure with an adult, which will be from the school library.
In Key Stage 2 the reading schemes used are Oxford Ready Tree Treetops and Literacy World. Children also visit the school library each week and take a book home to enjoy with an adult.
If you have any questions or would like any further information about the curriculum or how you can further support your child’s learning at home then please speak to your child’s class teacher.
If you would like any copies of the documents on this page, the school office will be happy to print them for you.
Year 5 News and Gallery
Year 5 Chatter
Year 5 – School Council Voting
14-10-2025
A snapshot of the inner-school democracy at work, as we voted for our school councillors!
Year 5 – RE – Jubilee Year of Hope – Window of Hope
14-10-2025
We created a beautiful ‘Window of Hope’ for the Jubilee year and celebrated it by holding a Prayer & Liturgy. We celebrated the word with prayers, a reading from Romans 5:1 and making the sign of peace with each other (as the scripture on our window describes the peace that Jesus has granted us through our new covenant with the Lord).
‘Romans 5:1 Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.’
Year 5 – PSHE – World Mental Health Day
14-10-2025
For World Mental Health Day we learned about different ways of coping with stress and all partook in a class meditation, breathing and affirmation activity.
School Council
13-10-2025
🧠 💛 World Mental Health Day 2025 💛 🧠 On Friday, our School Council spoke to the whole school about World Mental Health Day and why we were wearing yellow – to show support and raise awareness for mental health. They also launched a Kindness Challenge, encouraging everyone to be extra kind to others throughout the week. It was a lovely reminder that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference
Achievers Assembly
10-10-2025
Congratulations to all of our achievers! We love celebrating all of the hard work that has taken place throughout the week.
School Council
03-10-2025
Meet our new school council for 2025 – 2026. Congratulations to all the children selected. Our first meeting will be held next week ⭐️
Year 5 – Science – Air Resistance Experiment
23-09-2025
Year 5 made their own parachutes to investigate the affect of surface area on air resistance.
Achievers Assembly
15-09-2025
On Friday, we celebrated our first Achievers Assembly of the new school year. Well done to this week’s achievers! Keep up the great work ⭐️
Back to School Prayer and Liturgy
03-09-2025
Mr Wilson led our back to school Prayer and Liturgy. We each thought about how we can shine our light this new school year.
Bringing Hope to Alder Hey Children’s hospital
14-07-2025
Year 5 wrote letters of hope which were hand delivered by Bobby whilst he was there to see his wonderful doctors at Alder Hey. Such inspirational letters to bring a joy to other children. Well done Year 5!
Reading at the Cathedral
27-06-2025
We were delighted to receive professional photographs taken of our children reading the bidding prayers at the Good Shepherd Mass in the Cathedral at the beginning of June. We were so proud of our children and how they represented our school.
Y5&Y6 Town Sports- 24.06.25
24-06-2025
Well done to the children who took part in the Wigan Town Sports event at Robin Park Arena today. We are extremely proud of all the children for trying their best and cheering each other on! A big well done to John who has made it to the final for the 80m sprint, good luck John!
Year 5 – Pentecost – Prayer and Liturgy
09-06-2025
On Thursday, Year 5 led a prayer and liturgy to celebrate Pentecost. It was attended by their grown ups and the Key Stage 2 classes. They did an excellent job at organising the event: designing invitations, creating a perfect gathering, enacting the Fruits of the Spirit, choosing the song, writing a prayer and encouraging grown ups to choose their own path for spiritual growth in the Holy Spirit.
Year 5 – Music – ENO ‘Finish This’ Project
06-06-2025
Year 5 spent Spring term composing and practising the performance of the instrumental part of their English National Opera project with Carmel. We chose the colour BLUE (cobalt) to represent with our music and created a libretto of a number of different words that we associated with the colour, some of which we used within our opera pieces. We also had the ENO education team and official ENO photographer, Jason Lock, visit the class to observe our hard work on the projects so far and take pictures in action for the ENO’s ‘Finish This’ project and website. We sent off our project at the end of Easter, and the ENO composers were so impressed that they created an animated video around our composition. What an amazing opportunity! Year 5 should be very proud of themselves. Catch the video of our piece, with the music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Whh3ZhgYk&list=PL7ShuxblyYmHkuuhTtDGY2OZZnoPhkORR&index=15
Mother’s Day 💕
28-03-2025
A fabulous Prayer and Liturgy to celebrate all of the amazing ladies in our lives.
PE – Stance and Footwork
19-03-2025
In PE the children were practising different types of movement and stance when in-control-of and passing a variety of objects around.
Y5 Science – Properties of Materials
17-01-2025
In Science, the children have been investigating mixing materials with a liquid to discover if they are soluble or insoluble
Year 5 – Science – The Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
12-12-2024
In Science, we have been learning about how the Earth spins on its axis every 24 hours, which causes our night and day time. We have also been studying the effects of the Earth’s axis on seasons in the Northern and Southern hemispheres as the Earth orbits the Sun.
Year 5 – PE – Coordination & Counterbalancing
09-12-2024
In PE, we have been focusing on our coordination skills with our footwork; walking forwards and backwards along a line in different ways using balancing skills to assist us. Alongside this, we have been working with a partner to practise using our weight to counterbalance them in different shapes and forms.
Year 5 – DT Suspension Bridges
09-12-2024
We have been working as groups to create bridges in class that have been able to hold the weight of toy cars.
Year 5 – RE – Commitment Cards
18-11-2024
At the end of our topic ‘Belonging’ in RE – we have looked at the concepts of fidelity, commitment and responsibility with a focus on service to God and Christianity. As a celebration, we have made ‘Commitment Cards’ to take home and show our love for others by promising to serve them in our own chosen way.
Year 5 – English – Mary Jackson Court Case Roleplay
18-11-2024
We have been studying the ‘Hidden Figures’ book in English, about the Civil Rights Movement and the inspirational black women of NACA and NASA during the 20th century. During this lesson, we created a roleplay script between Mary Jackson and a judge at the local court, as she asked to be given an equal education to others. A great chance to practice using a formal and official tone with our writing! Once created, children acted out the moment.
Year 5 – DT
05-11-2024
In DT, Year 5 were looking at different times of beams and pillars when building bridges and the structural benefits and weaknesses of different types of bridge.
Year 5 – The Solar System
05-11-2024
In Science, we have learned about orbits and the 8 planets in our solar system. We all wrote our own quirky mnemonic to help us remember the order of the planets from the sun.
Year 5 PE – Endball and Spatial Control Skills
04-10-2024
In PE we have been practising our ball control skills and using these to improve our Endball gameplay.
Science – Air Resistance Experiment
23-09-2024
In Science, Year 5 have been observing the effects of air resistance on parachutes. They have been investigating to find the relationship between the surface area of the parachute and the resulting air resistance; measuring this by seeing the time it takes for them to reach the ground when dropped.
Music – An Intro to Jazz
23-09-2024
In Year 5 Music, we have started listening to Jazz and had a go at playing along on the chime bars.
Joan Miro
09-09-2024
In Art, Year 5 have started researching the Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miro. They discovered that his artistic talents were evident from a young age although his family did not agree with his passion for the subject. He developed his love for surrealist art in his adult years when he became an inspiration to other artists.
